Cushion stop



April 17, 1945. R. R. HART CUSHION s'rbP Filed March 27, 1944 tion with pruning shears or cUsrnoNs'roP;

I 3 Boy nnaresairqse I I Application Mar h 27, 1944, serial 52838 I 1 am- -J f This invention isdirected' topand it is an ob- -ject to provide,--' an improved cushionstopor bumperr the device, while adaptable 'to many usesQ-bein'g especially 'designed'for use in connectheshock which is otherwise impartedto the shear'handles upon the shear blades reaching the limit of their closing movement. I

'- A furtherobject of this invention is to provide a cushion stop-which may'bereadily applied to the like to cushion I one handle of the shears in position to cooperate with the other'handle thereof.

An additional object is to provide a cushion stop which includes a socket, and asocket supported resilient stop or bumper of novel construction; the socketand bumper being formed so that the bumper is securely loss but can be easily replaced when worn.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a cushion stop, as above, wherein the resilient bumper is of such shape relative to the socket that when engaged and compressed said bumper does not deform over any edge or part of the socket, and which would cause injury to the bumper and require its frequent replacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it'is designed'. 1

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure l is an elevation of my improved cushion stop as applied to pruning shears.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross section i11us-" tratlng the resilient bumper as compressed.

Figure 4 is a cross section for a modified form ofbumper and mounting sockets Referring now more particularly to the char acters of reference on the drawing,.my improved cushion stop is here shown pruning-shears which comprise a pair of intersecting blades l and 2 having flat shanks 3 which frictionally project into split sawed adjacent end portions of wooden handles 4 and 5; the shanks 3 being secured in the split sawed end portions of the handles 4 and 5 by means of cross rivets 6. The above is conventional shear construction and forms no p rt of the present inyention.

in connection with e held against accidental some distance beyond the rim l3 of the socket. To apply the above described'cushion stop to "The-' c 'i'shion sto' p "-hi'cli is thesu'bject of this invention coinprisesjan 'annular band I of substantial width and of be'nda'ble 'or'resiliehtmetal. The band 1- is split on one *side asat' 8jand on opposite sides j'o'f said split is formed with tangential bosses --9; through which bosses projects a securing and tensioning bolt in; I i 1 I Atfapoint indiametrally opposed relation to thecsplit fl the band his formed with' an 'in- :tegral socket I l wardly' opening relation: from the band "and being tapered T with the small/Tend outermost. Ff-'A solid or one piece stop 'or bumper-IZ of resilientmaterial, such as rubber, is seated in the socket vI I; saidbumper I2 being of tapered or frusto-conical configuration, and matchingly seating in the socket H with a close frictional fit. The bumper I2 is formed on a straight t per so that it evenly and progressively decreases'in diameter toward its outer end; the bumper, projecting outwardly pruning shears the usual metallic retaining band adjacent the forward end of one of the handles is removed and the band 1 is slipped over said handle to a similarposition. The band 1 is then adjusted to dispose the bumper l2 for engagement with the metallic retaining band H 'on the other handle. Thereafter the bolt I0 is tightened, which causes the band 1 to conform to and frictionally clamp about the handle. For a permanent installation a cross rivet l5 may be em-.

ployed to lock the band I in connection with the corresponding handle and blade shank.

In order to'assure face to face engagement of the bumper I2, with the band l4 on the other handle, the socket ll may be canted slightly in a direction lengthwise of the implement handles.

In use, the bumper l2 engages the band I4 and cushions the shock of the blades land 2 asthe latter reach the limit of their closing movement;

- said bumper then compressing to the form shown in Fig. 3, wherein it is evident that there is no overlapping of the compressed bumper'over the rim l3. By tapering the bumper as described, it

i does not tend to expand orbulge laterally of the rim l3, which would be undesirable as it would cause undue wear or cutting of said bumper. For the above reason the taper of the bumper is an important feature.

Itshould alSo be noted that in my improved cushion stop the bumper |-2 is solid and there are no holes therethrough forconnecting elements or the like, and which would weaken the bumper and'cause it to wear out more rapidly than the sai'd' socket projectingflin out device, the important feature is the taper former the bumper outwardly of the socket.

From the foregoing description it will bezreaid- 1.

ily seen that I have produced suchla devicetas substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein. l

While this specification sets forth in detallthe present and preferred construction of the device; .-still in ,practice=such deviations .fromsuch-detail .may '-:be aresorted to :as dQfiJat form .a departure fromzthespiritof the invention, asdefined: by the appended ;;claims, p 7

Having thus-described my invention, =whateI claim .as new rand useful: andcdesire -.to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. :Ascushionstop =for pruning eshearsmaving a .pair riofihandles :secured to-sintersecting blades, said cushion :stop comprising an annularband clampingly surrounding eachrh-andle adi acent its :forward end, an outwardly copening' socket lflxed onzone.:band in racingzrelation tostheotherzband,

and a solid but resilient bumper secured in and projecting from the socket for engagement with said other band upon closing of said shears.

2. In combination with pruning shears having a pair of handles secured to intersecting blades, of a cushion stop between the blades to cushion the shock when the handles are brought together during a cutting operation, such stop comprising a socket fixed to one handle, a. frustro-conical gresilient bumper beinglfittedin the-lsocket and {projecting ttoward the,,QDp0slteE'handleand engageable by the latter as the handles tend to spring together under the stress of the cutting operation, the taper of the bumper and its length iibein'g such that when impacted and compressed .bywthe handles such compression \will not widen 'th'etapered sides of the bumper beyond parallel trelation.

3. A ushion stop for the purpose set forth which consists of a frustro-conical resilient bumper, an integral chaise-element .ontthe; bumper, wsuchtbaserelement-being.of greater diameter than bumperat its base: whereby .to provide a projecting .flange, --such fiange v fleeing substantially 25 :semi-seirculariimoross section, eand asocket having substantially the/same cross sectional rshape tasathe =flange andainto .which 1s oeketethe flange .is

fitted, the frustro-conical bumper being of such .length that when compressed in (use such com- 30 ipression .wil1: not widenlthe :tapered .sides, :thereof beyondparallel :relation. 4 I

R. HART. 

